Plz pledge: "I will say "no" to gestation crates. I will encourage restaurants and meat suppliers to follow in the footsteps of Burger King, Wendy's, McDonald's, IHOP and Applebee's, and ban gestation crates from their pork supply chains."

Activists from Animal Liberation ACT & NSW can today confirm that both of Wally Perenc's piggeries have CLOSED DOWN. A big thank you to everyone who called, emailed, or otherwise expressed their outrage, or raised awareness about pig farming in Australia

Despite the overwhelming evidence that pigs and other animals on factory farms routinely endure horrific abuses, millions of people continue to happily chow down on hot dogs and ham. Today, Fox News offers food for thought--the Web site is featuring

Egypt began slaughtering the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country Wednesday as a precautionary measure against the spread of swine flu even though no cases have been reported here yet, the Health Ministry said.
The move immediately provoked resistance

Killer staphylococcus germs which defy antibiotics and which are rampant in some hospitals are also widespread on German farm pigs, health officials said Monday. Spot tests were ordered after last year's revelation that the germs are widespread in Dutch

40,000 pigs being killed! The Hong Kong Government has revoked the permits of hundreds of pig farms. This might sound like a good idea, except 40,000 pigs are going to be destroyed. The pig farms are closing because they are causing serious pollution.